Hezbollah names Naim Qassem as new chief
Deputy leader promoted after Israeli assassinations left the Lebanon-based group in a leadership vacuum. Hezbollah has announced Naim Qassem as its new head. Qassem, whose promotion from deputy leader was announced on Tuesday, replaces Hassan Nasrallah as secretary-general of the Lebanon-based armed group. Nasrallah was killed in Beirut in late September by an Israeli strike. … Read more